Packing of rubber heels



Oct. 1, 1929. e. OGORMAN PACKING OF RUBBER HEELS Filed Dec. 51, 1924 Patented Oct. 1, 1929 UNITED STATES earcnr once GAYNOR OGORMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MA- CHINERY CORPORATION, OF IA'IERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY PACKING OF RUBBER HEELS Application filed December 31, 1924. Serial No. 759,093.

This invention relates to the packing of rubber heels and is disclosed herein with reference to a package of rubber heels adapted particularly for sale to shoe repairmen.

Rubber heels have heretofore been packed for the repair trade in cartons each containing a single pair of rubber heels, the package often also including an envelope contain ing sufficient nails for the attachment of the heels to a pair of shoes. The cartons used for this purpose have been closed at each end by a folded flap arranged to have its end tucked inside of the carton in a well-known manner. Such cartons constitute efiective containers for rubber heels but are open to the serious objection that they are unduly expensive since each carton costs the manufacturer of rubber heels approximately ten per cent of the selling price of such a package of rubber heels.

In view of this, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved package of rubber heels of such a nature that the cost of the container will be substantially reduced as compared with previous practice. My preferred container comprises a carton in the form of a right rectangular prism having an open end through which the rubber heels are introduced. After the heels have been placed in the carton, the open end is sealed with a piece of frangible material, such as a strip of gummed paper, with its two ends adhering to the carton and its two side edges free from the carton so that it may be readily broken to permit the removal of the heels. Further to facilitate the removal of the heels.

the carton, as herein disclosed, is provided with apair of finger openings in its opposite walls adjacent to the free edges of the strip of gummed paper so that the heels may be conveniently grasped to pull them from the carton. As illustrated this strip of paper, in addition to serving as aclosure for the carton. bears a trade-mark and other printed matter relating to the particular rubber heels in the package.

It is a further object of the invention toprovide. a package of loaded rubber heels which will be particularly acceptacle to the shoe repair trade.

Preferably and as herein disclosed, the

heels are loaded with attaching nails the points of which are embedded in a nail anchoring element with which the attaching face of each heel is provided and each pair of loaded heels is packed in a carton of a size adapted to receive a pair of the loaded rubber heels and to hold them in approximately parallel relation, tread surface to tread surface, with the two heels separated by the attaching nails with which they are loaded.

The novel loaded rubber heel herein illustrated is not claimed per se in this application since it is claimed in my'co-pending application Serial No. 160,206, filed Jan. 10, 1927, as a division of this application. Nith the above and other objects and features in view the invention will now be dc scribed in connection with the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a package of rubber heels constituting a preferred embodiment of the invention.

The drawing represents a pair of half heels, so-called fl, 6, composed of a suitable rubber compound 8 with a nail-anchoring reinforcing element 10 made up of a plurality of layers of ply-wood vulcanized at the attaching surface of each heel, the heels being packed in. a. container in accordance with my invention. Each heel is loaded with a plurality of nails 12 driven into and securely held by the nail-anchoring element 10 so that when the heels are removed from the package 14, they will be ready for attachment to a pair of shoes. As illustrated, the points of the nails 12 are firmly embedded in the ply-wood reinforcing elements 10. The loading of the heels by the rubber heelmanufacturer is particularly desirable when the heels are to be sold for repair work because most shoe repair-men nail rubber heels on by hand toe-in, each in the direct-ion it should have to produce a perfect clinch.

After the heels have been loaded, they are packed in a container, illustrated as an open ended carton 1 1, made of pasteboard or other suitable material in the form of a right rectangular prism having its opposite sides provided with a pair of finger openings 16 adjacent to the open end 18 through which the heels are introduced. After the heels have been inserted, the open end of the package is sealed with a strip of frangible material, more easily broken than the comparatively tough pasteboard of which the carton is made, for example a strip of gummed paper or sealing tape 20 having its ends 22 stuck to opposite sides of the package and its side edges 24 adjacent to the finger openings 16 free from the package. This serves to hold the heels securely in the package but permits their easy removal when the paper is torn. The finger openings 16 facilitate the tearing of the strip of paper 20 when it is desired to open the package, and also permit the heels to be grasped so that they can be easily pulled from the package.

In addition to forming a simple and satisfactory closure for the package, the strip of paper 20 provides a very convenient place upon which to print a trade-mark 26 or other matter 28 relating to the heels in the package. The printing of this matter on the sealing strip permits the use, if desired, of plain, unprinted stock for the carton proper, thus materially reducing the packing cost. At the same time, if the strip 20 is suitably embellished, the packages will present as attractive an appearance when stacked on the shelf of the findings dealer as they would if the cartons themselves were printed and will bear all necessary data relating to the heels in a satisfactory manner.

In this specification and claims it is to be understood that the words rubber heels are used to denote heel members, whether whole heels, half heels, or otherwise, of any suitable resilient compound such as are commonly spoken of as rubber heels.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A package comprising a pair of'rubber heels each loaded with attaching nails, said heels being located with their tread faces toward each other but separated by said nails and held in that relation in a container having one end closed with a strip of frangible material more easily broken than the material of the container arranged to prevent the escape of the heels from the container, said container having its opposite walls provided with a pair of finger openings adjacent to-the end closedby said strip of material through which openings the heels can be grasped, said fin er openings also being arranged to facilitate the breaking of the strip of frangible material.

2. A. container having one end closed by a strip of frangible material covering substantially the entire end of the package, said container having a pair of finger openings in its opposite walls adjacent to the end closed by said strip of frangible material to facilitate the breaking of the strip of frangible material and through which the contents of the package can be grasped.

3. A container having one end closed by a strip of frangible material more easily broken than the material of the container, said strip covering substantially the entire end of the container and having two opposite edges stuck to opposite sides of the container and two other opposite edges free from the container, said container having a pair of finger openings in two opposite walls which are free from the strip of frangible material at the end closed by the strip of frangible material arranged to facilitate the breaking of the strip of frangible material and through which the contents of the pack age can be grasped.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GAYNOR OGORMAN. 

